Heart
What is the left side?
The part of the EKG that shows ventricular repolarization
What is the T wave?
The force that blood exerts against a vessel wall
What is blood pressure?
Major function of macrophages
What is Phagocytosis?
Causes movement of blood in the veins, capillaries, arteries, and tissues
What is PRESSURE
The name of the chamber of the heart that blood enters after leaving the superior vena cava
What is the right atrium?
The part of the EKG that shows atrial depolarization
What is the P wave?
The holes in capillaries that allow for the flow of nutrients and waste to and from tissues.
What are fenestrations/filtration pores?
Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and microbes that cause disease
What is a pathogen?
Caused by calcium going into the cell during the action potential of a ventricular cardiocyte
What is prolonged depolarization (plateau)
The amount of tension (stretch) in the ventricular myocardium immediately before contraction.
What is preload?
The part of the EKG that shows ventricular depolarization
What is the QRS complex?
The name of the structure that senses changes in your blood pH
What are chemoreceptors?
Leukocyte that causes a respiratory burst to form a killing zone
What is a neutrophil?
What is the right atrium and right ventricle
The name of the fluid filled hole surrounding the heart.
What is the pericardial cavity?
The part of the EKG that shows ventricular contraction
What is the S-T Segment?
Afferent blood vessels
What is a vein?
Protein released by NK cells that create a hole in a pathogen's plasma membrane
What are perforins?
What is the thymus?
The order of the heart's electrical conduction system
One of the three ions that take part in the ventricular depolarization shown on an EKG
What is Sodium (Na+) Calcium (Ca2+) or Potassium (K+)?
Hormone that lowers blood pressure
What are natriuretic peptides?
What is it called when C3b coats microbial cells and serves as a binding site for phagocyte attachment
What is opsonization?
The name of the condition where your heart is on the right side of your body, as well as the rest of your organs are mirrored from their normal positions.
What is situs inverses?